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Use PowerShell to Manage Office 365

September 10, 2011 Sep 10, 2011 09/10/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: BATCHman battles The Consultant and uses Windows PowerShell to manage Office 365 easily.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney brings us Episode 8 of the BATCHman series today.   Whenever trouble happens in systems and people will call, And darkness rolls out causing your fall, Creatures of bits roam in the...

Convert Hexadecimal to ASCII Using PowerShell

September 9, 2011 Sep 9, 2011 09/9/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Superhero BATCHman defeats evil Hextor and converts hexadecimal to ASCII to retrieve passwords.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney is back again, and this time he delivers Episode 7 of the BATCHman series.   Whenever trouble happens in systems and people will call, And darkness rolls out causing your ...

Use PowerShell to Pick Random Winning Users from Text

September 8, 2011 Sep 8, 2011 09/8/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to select random winners from a text file.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question. It is neither a vital server performance issue nor is it a dramatic process optimization revelation, but it is something that will make my life a lot easier. First the background: I have been going to our local ...

Use PowerShell to Work Easily with Drives and Paths

September 7, 2011 Sep 7, 2011 09/7/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell drives to simplify access to complex data storage paths.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I like using PSDrives. Unfortunately, a problem I have is that I never really know where I am at in the hierarchy. For example, if I am on my fso drive, where does that drive happen to be? Can you provide me with ...

Learn How to Save PowerShell Objects for Offline Analysis

September 6, 2011 Sep 6, 2011 09/6/11
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to save objects for later offline analysis.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I am trying to examine processes that are consuming resources on my computer. The problem is that when I use the Get-Process cmdlet, my results keep changing before I have a chance to examine thoroughly the ...